Planet Combustion
Periods in 2040 when a planet is so close to the Sun that it is combust (Asta). Marriage and other ceremonies are avoided while Jupiter or Venus is combust.
Combust periods 2040
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 10 Dec 2039, 11:51 | 26 Jan 2040, 19:42 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Feb 2040, 08:47 | 27 Feb 2040, 17:04 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Apr 2040, 09:14 | 13 May 2040, 05:14 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 23 Apr 2040, 14:58 | 06 Jul 2040, 21:27 | 74 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Jun 2040, 15:39 | 04 Jul 2040, 10:51 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 Jul 2040, 07:21 | 28 Aug 2040, 19:56 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 20 Sep 2040, 12:28 | 25 Oct 2040, 04:46 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 20 Sep 2040, 16:59 | 19 Oct 2040, 07:17 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Oct 2040, 22:52 | 27 Oct 2040, 16:58 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 19 Oct 2040, 13:35 | 24 Feb 2041, 13:35 | 128 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Nov 2040, 11:04 | 07 Jan 2041, 15:37 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.